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  2. Stella (emulator) - Wikipedia

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    Stella is written in the C++ programming language and thus is highly portable. [4] The emulator supports all Atari 2600 cartridge bank switching schemes and has support for nearly all Atari 2600 titles. Support is included for NTSC, PAL and SECAM in 60 Hz/50 Hz varieties, including autodetection of those formats (based on the number of ...

  3. Slot Machine (video game) - Wikipedia

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    The game was written by David Crane, who went on to develop Pitfall!.Crane developed the game for his mother, who was a lover of slot-machine games. [5] [6] Programming the game to represent the different symbols of a traditional fruit-machine proved difficult given that the Atari 2600 could only render 8 monochrome pixels for each sprite, so Crane made use of differing shapes that were easily ...

  4. Atari 2600 homebrew - Wikipedia

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    The Atari 2600 is generally considered to be a very demanding programming environment, with a mere 128 bytes of RAM and no video frame buffer at all. The programmer must prepare each line of video output as it is being sent to the television.

  5. Sprite (computer graphics) - Wikipedia

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    The Atari VCS, released in 1977, has a hardware sprite implementation where five graphical objects can be moved independently of the game playfield. The term sprite was not in use at the time. The VCS's sprites are called movable objects in the programming manual, further identified as two players, two missiles, and one ball. [16]

  6. Optimized Systems Software - Wikipedia

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    Optimized Systems Software was formed in early 1981 by Bill Wilkinson, Mike Peters, Paul Laughton, and Kathleen O'Brien. [4] Laughton, the primary author of Atari BASIC, was still employed by Atari, Inc. at the time, and had permission to be involved with OSS from his manager. O'Brien wrote the Atari Assembler Editor for Atari. Laughton and O ...

  7. Atari 2600 - Wikipedia

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    In 2017, Hyperkin announced the RetroN 77, a clone of the Atari 2600 that plays original cartridges instead of preinstalled games. [86] The Atari VCS (2021 console) can download and emulate 2600 games via an online store. [87] The Atari Flashback 12 Gold (2023) contains 130 games built-in. [88] The Atari 2600+ (2023) is a replica of the 2600 ...

  8. List of video game console palettes - Wikipedia

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    24-bit palette sample image 24-bit palette color test chart. This is a full list of color palettes for notable video game console hardware.. For each unique palette, an image color test chart and sample image (original True color version follows) rendered with that palette (without dithering unless otherwise noted) are given.

  9. BASIC Programming - Wikipedia

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    BASIC Programming is an Atari Video Computer System (later called the Atari 2600) cartridge that teaches simple computer programming using a dialect of BASIC.Written by Warren Robinett and released by Atari, Inc. in 1979, this BASIC interpreter is one of a few non-game cartridges for the console.